According to KCTV 5 News, Kansas City is experiencing growing enthusiasm for the recycling of glass. The Ripple Glass Company currently collects glass from 70 metropolitan restaurants and bars, with 50 more establishments expected to join come January of 2012. Between the re-creation of new beer bottles to the production of home insulation, Ripple Glass […]
The “Chicago Tribune,” reports the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will decide by March 31 whether to ban the chemical used in water bottles, soup cans and other food and drink packaging. The industrial chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, was declared a toxic substance in Canada, banned in the production of baby bottles in […]
According to “Food Production Daily,” the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has repeated its view that bisphenol A (BPA) poses no human health risk through dietary exposure and dismissed concerns raised by scientists in France. However, the group announced it was assembling a team of experts to assess new scientific studies and data on the […]